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Social gaming has been on the rise for the past five years, but it’s origins go back farther than you may realize.  The first social gaming took place in video arcades, when groups of friends huddled around their favorite pinball or video game machines in two, three, or multi-player mode trying to outdo one another in rounds of turn-based competition.  The arcade was the only place to enjoy serious gaming for many years, but soon, home video game systems like those from Atari and Intellivision brought near arcade quality gaming into living rooms everywhere, and as these systems improved, there was a short period of time during which people sort of went into hiding, alone with their favorite games.  They’s spend hours alone in the darkness with only the glow of the game to keep them company, utterly tuning out the world.

Later, private home gaming became more social again as groups of friends sought out one another’s homes instead of arcades.  Arcades went on the steep decline during that time and never made a resurgence.  The early game consoles evolved into the modern ones we now enjoy.  But game consoles  now connect to wifi networks, providing hours of game play with other people online, not just at the same location.  And mobile gaming has become even more social than this.

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